FAQ: sci.bio.* newsgroups

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Overview of sci.bio.*
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As of 25 Feb 1996, the Usenet hierarchy sci.bio.* has these newsgroups:
Name Comments
sci.bio.botany
sci.bio.conservation moderated
sci.bio.ecology mailing list attached
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera new
sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera mailing list attached
sci.bio.entomology.misc
sci.bio.ethology mailing list attached
sci.bio.evolution moderated
sci.bio.fisheries
sci.bio.food-science
sci.bio.herp mailing list attached
sci.bio.microbiology
sci.bio.misc replaces sci.bio
sci.bio.paleontology
sci.bio.phytopathology moderated
sci.bio.systematics
sci.bio.technology mailing list attached
Up for a vote now (see news.announce.newgroups):
none
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Subscription information for gated mailing lists, etc.
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* sci.bio.misc -- By far the oldest, most widely read, and often most
active newsgroup for discussion of biology, sci.bio.misc (prev.
sci.bio) welcomes discussions of all topics having to do with
biology, especially those for which no other newsgroup exists.
* sci.bio.ecology -- This newsgroup is gated to ECOLOG-L, a mailing
list of over 2000 subscribers. ECOLOG-L is run by David Inouye,
a specialist on pollination biology, via listserv at umdd.umd.edu.
David Inouye "filters" the mailing list to catch mis-directed
subscription requests and off-topic articles; the newsgroup is
not moderated. Archived on the host site via LISTSERV, which
supports full-text searches by e-mail.
* sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera -- Gated to the LEPS-L mailing list,
run by Larry Gall, an entomologist and museum information
systems administrator, via listserv at yalevm.cis.yale.edu. It
is a forum for discussion of all things lepidopterological
(re butterflies and moths), among amateurs and professionals.
Archived on the host site via LISTSERV, which supports full-
text searches by e-mail.
* sci.bio.ethology -- Gated to the ETHOLOGY mailing list, run by Jarmo
Saarikko, an animal behaviorist, via listserv at searn.sunet.se,
for the discussion of animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
This list has a strong European contingent. Archived on the
host site via LISTSERV.
* sci.bio.evolution -- Gated to the EVOLUTION mailing list, run by
Josh Hayes, a marine biologist, via evolution-request@
pogo.cqs.washington.edu. To discourage the permanent debate
about evolution vs creationism from moving from talk.origins
into this newsgroup, Josh Hayes moderates it. The newsgroup
is archived on sunsite.unc.edu, in the Ecology and Evolution
section, where it can be searched and read via gopher.
* sci.bio.herp -- Gated to the HERP-L mailing list, run by Michael
Eisen, an herpetologist, via herp-l-request at xtal220.harvard.edu.
For discussion of the biology, ecology, evolution, biodiversity,
and conservation of amphibians and reptiles. Archived on the
host site via LISTPROC.
* sci.bio.technology -- Gated to the BIOTECH mailing list, run by
Dan Jacobs, via listserv at umdd.umd.edu. BIOTECH is moderated,
and has over 500 subscribers. BIOTECH was one of the first
mailing lists to have a gateway to the Usenet "mainstream".
It is devoted to biotechnology and more applied biological
research in general. Archived on the host site via LISTSERV.
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| So far as I know, the other sci.bio.* newsgroups |
| do *not* have mailing lists attached. Sorry! |
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